APP Vocabulary General Flashcards
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Acute
Rapid onset, breif, can be severe
Chronic
Prolonged, long-term, can be low intensity
Comorbid, comorbidity
Coexistence of two or more disease process
Complication
A process or event that occurs during the course of a disease that is not an essential part of that disease
Contraindicated
Describing an intervention, that may have a negative outcome on a given condition
Demographic
And identify group of people about which information is gathered
Diagnosis
The determination of the nature of disease, injury, or defect
Endemic
A pattern of disease incidence that is limited to a particular population or area
Idiopathic
Disease of unknown origin
Incidence
The number of new cases of people falling ill with a specified disease during a specific period within a specific population
Indication
The basis for an intervention, that is likely to have a positive outcome in a given condition
Lesion
Pathologic changing tissue
Local
Describing a limited area of the body
Morbidity
Diseased state the ratio of sick to well people within a population
Mortality
Death rate from a specific disease
Pandemic
Contagious disease affecting the global population
Prevalence
The number of cases of a disease existing in a given population, during a specific period, or the particular moment . the proportion of people affected
Prodrome
An early or predictive symptom of disease
Prognosis
Expected outcome of disease or disorder
Sequela/ae
A condition, following the consequence of a disease
Sign
And objectively observable indication of disease or disorder
Stenosis
Abnormal narrowing of any canal or orifice
Subacute
Between acute and chronic a stage of healing or tissue repair
Symptom
Subjective experience relating to a disease or disorder
